OTTAWA -- Parliament's Peace Tower will be bathed in green light every night until Wednesday as a tribute to former finance minister Jim Flaherty.

Flaherty, 64, died suddenly Thursday after a heart attack.

He often wore green ties as a nod to his family's Irish heritage.

Until sunset Wednesday, the Canadian flag will fly at half-mast on the Peace Tower, at 24 Sussex Drive, on the building housing the Prime Minister's Office and on all government buildings in Flaherty's Whitby-Oshawa riding.

Canadian Heritage has also set up a website where people can now offer their messages of sympathy to Flaherty's family.